Software Consultant
UK
The median Software Consultant salary in the UK is £66,215 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 691 | 809 | 907 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +118 | +98 | +212 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Consultant | 23 | 102 | 56 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.042% | 0.10% | 0.057% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.046% | 0.11% | 0.062% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 17 | 73 | 44 |
| 10th Percentile | £46,250 | £30,000 | £25,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,500 | £31,250 | £38,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £66,215 | £42,500 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +55.80% | -26.09% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £52,500 | £66,250 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £57,500 | £96,950 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £66,215 | £42,500 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +55.80% | -29.17% | +26.32% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 49,668 | 94,676 | 90,476 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.49% | 94.69% | 91.51% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,895 | 67,575 | 57,131 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,250 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,750 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,325 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -6.24% | +6.65% |
Software Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Software Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Software Consultant
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Consultant.
Software Consultant
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Consultant over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.
Software Consultant
Top 11 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 22 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +94 | 20 | £66,215 | +39.40% | 87 |
| UK excluding London | +121 | 18 | £66,215 | +55.80% | 82 |
| Work from Home | +118 | 13 | £66,215 | +20.39% | 10 |
| Midlands | +46 | 6 | £55,000 | +37.50% | 16 |
| East Midlands | +30 | 6 | £55,000 | +57.14% | 6 |
| East of England | +30 | 6 | £66,215 | +20.39% | 12 |
| North of England | +40 | 3 | £75,000 | +150.00% | 17 |
| North West | -5 | 3 | £75,000 | +50.00% | 8 |
| London | +109 | 2 | £51,250 | +2.50% | 14 |
| South East | +67 | 2 | £75,000 | +50.00% | 20 |
| South West | - | 1 | £47,500 | - | 13 |
Software Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, Software Consultant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Software Consultant in the job title.
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Software Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: